Why this Bollywood beauty failed to deliver a superhit in her 15-year career

Although many Bollywood actresses come from prestigious families and flaunt their wealth and connections, not all of them are destined for lasting success. Riya Sen belongs to a prestigious Bollywood family with her grandmother being veteran actress Suchitra Sen and her mother being actress Moon Moon Sen, but she has not been able to make a lasting mark in the industry. There wasn’t.

Born Riya Dev Varma, she changed her surname to Sen when she entered Bollywood. Despite her pedigree and connections, Riya Sen’s career trajectory differed from that of her prominent family. Unlike the successful journey of Bollywood stars like her Soha Ali Khan and Aditi Rao Hydari, Riya Sen faced her challenges in establishing herself.

Riya Sen is said to be a member of the Tripura royal family through her father’s lineage and made her debut in the film industry at the age of five. In 1991, she appeared in the film Vishkanya, in which she played the role of the younger version of Pooja Bedi. Her official foray into adult roles came in 2000 when she was 19 years old in the Tamil film Taj Mahal, directed by Bharathiraja, written by Mani Ratnam, and featuring Raman music. was. However, the film was a commercial failure.

Riya Sen made her successful debut in Bollywood with the 2001 film Style, directed by N. Chandra and co-starring Sharman Joshi, Sahil Khan and Shilpi Sharma. Despite this her first victory, Riya Sen’s subsequent films, Jhankar Beet, Qayamat and Apna Sapna Money Money, were only moderately successful.

After a series of film ventures, Riya Sen took a break from the film industry. In 2017, she married her then boyfriend Shivam Tewari and entered a new phase in her life.